There are several National data protection authorities across the world, tasked with protecting information privacy. In the

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and the

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member countries, their status was formalized by the Data Protection Directive and they were involved in the Madrid Resolution. This project is a part of the work of the

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of the

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Authorities by group of states

* On the European level, it is the G29 and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). The process was backed in 2005 by the

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, during the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, November 2005), and in 2006/2007 within forums on Internet governance (Athens 2006, Rio 2007). * On 12 June 2007,

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recommendation regarding "trans-frontier cooperation for legislations protecting privacy enforcement" was adopted. It aimed in particular to "improve national

Privacy law Privacy law is the body of law that deals with the regulating, storing, and using of personally identifiable information, personal healthcare information, and financial information of individuals, which can be collected by governments, public o ...

enforcements so that national authorities can better cooperate with foreign authorities and put in place efficient international mechanisms to ease trans-frontier cooperation for legislations protecting privacy

enforcement Enforcement is the proper execution of the process of ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, rules, standards, and social norms. Governments attempt to effectuate successful implementation of policies by enforcing laws and regulations. E ...

". * An Ibero-American network of data protection exists. In May 2008, during its 6th meeting, in Colombia, its declaration asking international conferences on data protection and privacy to "pursue their efforts, regardless of their geographical location, in order to adopt common legal instruments". * Another network is that of the Central and Eastern data protection authority (CEDPA). This network has expressed its will to pursue and strengthen its activities within the CEDPA, notably to elaborate common solutions and assist new members with the establishment of data protection legislation. That was during the June 2008 meeting in Poland.

List of national data protection authorities

European Economic Area

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Austrian Data Protection Authority Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ...

(german: Datenschutzbehörde) * :

Belgian Data Protection Authority Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

( nl, Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (GBA), french: Autorité de protection des données (APD), german: Datenschutzbehörde), also known as APD-GBA * : Bulgarian Data Protection Authority ( bg, Комисия за защита на личните данни) * : Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection ( el, Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα) * : Office for Personal Data Protection ( cs, Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (ÚOOÚ)) * :

Danish Data Protection Agency The Danish Data Protection Agency () was created, following the implementation of EU Directive 95/46/EC, regarding the protection of individuals with regard to the process of personal information and the movement of such. The agency exercises s ...

( da, Datatilsynet) * :

Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * ...

( et, Andmekaitse Inspektsioon) * :

Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific du ...

( fi, Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto) * : ( lit. 'National Commission on Informatics and Liberty'), also known as CNIL * : Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (german: Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI)) ** Note: Competent supervisory authorities for the enforcement of data protection in the private sector are the respective state authorities. * : Hellenic Data Protection Authority ( el, Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα), also known as HDPA * :

Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946 * Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary * Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignme ...

( hu, Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH)) * : Data Protection Authority ( is, Persónuvernd) * :

Data Protection Commissioner The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (Irish: An Coimisinéir Cosanta Sonraí) (DPC), also known as Data Protection Commission, is the independent national authority responsible for upholding the EU fundamental right of individuals to ...

( ga, An Coimisinéir Cosanta Sonraí), also known as DPC * :

Italian Data Protection Authority Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

( it, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali), also known as Italian DPA * :

Data State Inspectorate In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete values that convey information, describing quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted ...

( lv, Datu valsts inspekcija, russian: Государственная инспекция данных) * : Datenschutzstelle * : State Data Protection Inspectorate ( lt, Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija (VDAI)) * :

National Commission for Data Protection National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

(german: Nationale Kommission für den Datenschutz, french: Commission nationale pour la protection des données), also known as CNPD * :

Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner An office is a space where an Organization, organization's employees perform Business administration, administrative Work (human activity), work in order to support and realize objects and Goals, plans, action theory, goals of the organizati ...

, also known as IDPC * : Dutch Data Protection Authority ( nl, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)) * :

Norwegian Data Protection Authority The Norwegian Data Protection Authority ( no, Datatilsynet) is an agency of the Norwegian Government responsible for managing the ''Personal Data Act 2000'', concerning privacy concerns. This Act replaced the ''Data Register Act 1978''. The ...

( no, Datatilsynet) * :

Polish Data Protection Commissioner The Office of the Polish Data Protection Commissioner or officially President of the Personal Data Protection Office ( Polish: ''Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych'', ''PUODO'') is an independent national data protection authority responsible ...

( pl, Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)) * :

National Commission Data Protection National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

( pt, Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD)), also known as NCDP * :

National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

( ro, Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal), also known as ANSPDCP * :

Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific dut ...

( sk, Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov Slovenskej republiky) * :

Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia Information is an Abstraction, abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to Communication, inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the Interpretation (logic), interpretation of that which may be sensed. ...

( sl, Republika Slovenija Informacijski pooblaščenec) * :

Spanish Data Protection Agency The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD, es, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) is an independent agency of the government of Spain which oversees the compliance with the legal provisions on the protection of personal data. The agency ...

( es, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)) **: Transparency and Data Protection Council of Andalusia ( es, Consejo de Transparencia y Protección de Datos de Andalucía) ** :

Basque Data Protection Authority Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

( eu, Datuak Babesteko Euskal Bulegoa, es, Agencia Vasca de Protección de Datos) ** :

Catalan Data Protection Authority Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern Catalonia, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Ca ...

( ca, Autoritat Catalana de Protecció de Dades (APDCAT)) * :

Swedish Data Protection Authority The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection ( sv, Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten), formerly the Swedish Data Protection Authority ( sv, Datainspektionen), is a Swedish government agency, organized under the Ministry of Justice, tasked to protect ...

( sv, Datainspektionen), also known as Swedish DPA * :

Information Commissioner's Office The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is the independe ...

, also known as ICO

Europe

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Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDP)Komisionerit për të Drejtën e Informimit dhe Mbrojtjen e të Dhënave Personale
(KDIMDP)) * : Data Protection Agency of Andorra ( ca, Agència Andorrana de Protecció de Dades (APDA)) * :

Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also

* * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) ...

( hr, Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (AZOP)) * : Personal Data Protection Service ( ka, პერსონალურ მონაცემთა დაცვის სამსახური) * : Data Protection Office * :

Directorate for Personal Data Protection Directorate may refer to: Contemporary *Directorates of the Scottish Government * Directorate-General, a type of specialised administrative body in the European Union * Directorate-General for External Security, the French external intelligence a ...

( mk, Дирекција за заштита на лични податоци) * :

Office of the Data Protection Supervisor The Isle of Man Information Commissioner ( gv, Oik Oaseir Coadey Fysseree) is the national data protection authority for the Isle of Man under the Data Protection Act 2002 (an Act of Tynwald). The office was originally created as the Isle of Ma ...

* : '' Commission de contrôle des informations nominatives'' ( lit. 'Personal Data Control Board'), also known as CCIN * :

Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, abbreviated as ''Roskomnadzor'' (RKN) (russian: Роскомнадзор �КН, is the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, co ...

(''Roskomnadzor'') * : Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection ( sr, Повереник за информације од јавног значаја и заштиту података о личности) * :

Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner french: Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparence it, Incaricato federale della protezione dei dati e della trasparenza , logo = Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg , logo_width = 300px , lo ...

(german: Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter (EDÖB), french: Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparence (PFPDT), it, Incaricato federale della protezione dei dati e della trasparenza (IFPDT)), also known as FDPIC * :

Turkish Data Protection Authority The Turkish Data Protection Authority ( tr, Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu, KVKK) is a government organization in Turkey which provides the protection of personal data and works to develop awareness in this respect in the public eye in line wit ...

( tr, Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK)) *
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
( uk, Уповноважений Верховної Ради України з прав людини)

Africa

* : Data Protection Agency ( pt, Agência de Proteção de Dados), known as APD * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : Data Protection Commission * : '' Commission nationale de contrôle de la protection des données à caractère personnel'' ( lit. 'National Commission for the Control of the Protection of Personal Data'), also known as CNDP * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * :

National Information Technology Development Agency National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is a public service institution established by NITDA Act 2007 as the ICT policy implementing arm of the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy (Nigeria), Federal Ministry of ...

(NITDA) and

Nigerian Communications Commission The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the independent regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. The NCC was created under Decree number 75 by the Federal Military Government of Nigeria on 24 November 1992. The ...

(NCC) provide services regarding data protection. * : Information Regulator * :

National Authority for Protection of Personal Data National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

(french: Instance nationale de protection des données personnelles), known as INPDP * : There is currently no data protection authority but the Zimbabwe Media Commission comments on the degree of protection of privacy from public bodies programs.

Asia

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Cyberspace Administration of China The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC; ) is the central internet regulator, censor, oversight, and control agency for the People's Republic of China. The office also holds the administrative title of the party's Office of the Central C ...

(CAC) * :

Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) is a Hong Kong statutory body enforcing the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, which secured the protection of privacy of individuals. The office is headed by the Privacy Commissio ...

(PCPD) * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : The Privacy Protection Authority ( he, הרשות להגנת הפרטיות) * :

Personal Information Protection Commission (Japan) The is a Japanese government commission charged with the protection of personal information. It was established on January 1, 2016 to replaces the Specific Personal Information Protection Commission. The commission consisted of eight commissione ...

(PPC) * : Data protection is regulated by the state. * :

Office for Personal Data Protection An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific dut ...

, known as OPDP * : There is a Personal Data Protection Commissioner * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * :

National Privacy Commission The National Privacy Commission, or NPC, is an independent body created under Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012,Republic Act No. 10173: An Act Protecting Individual Personal Information in Information and Communications Sys ...

* :

Qatar Ministry of Transport and Communications Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sha ...

* : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : A Personal Data Protection Commission is created following the

Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (Singapore) The Personal Data Protection Act 2012 ("PDPA") sets out the law on data protection in Singapore. The PDPA regulates the processing of personal data in the private sector. Overview The PDPA establishes a general data protection regime, origina ...

* :

Personal Information Protection Commission (South Korea) The Personal Information Protection Commission is national data protection authority of South Korea. It is formed as independent agency in year 2011 by 'Personal Information Protection Act(PIPA, ko, 개인정보 보호법)', and is now located in ...

(PIPC) * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * :

Office of the Personal Data Protection Committee The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (Abbreviation, Abrv: MDES; th, กระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม, ), formerly known as the Ministry of Information and Communicati ...

* : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : Regulators for data protection are sector-specific.

Oceania

* :

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), known until 2010 as the Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner is an independent Australian Government agency, acting as the national data protection authority for Australia, est ...

* :

Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) administers the Privacy Act 2020. The Privacy Commissioner is entrusted to protect personal information of New Zealanders in accordance with the Privacy Act. Current Privacy Commissioner, Mich ...

North America

* :

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada The privacy commissioner of Canada (french: Commissaire à la protection de la vie privée du Canada) is a non-partisan ombudsman and officer of the Parliament of Canada. The commissioner investigates complaints regarding violations of the fed ...

(french: Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada) * : National Institute of Transparency for Access to Information and Personal Data Protection ( es, Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales (INAI)) * : There is no single national authority.

South America

* : Dirección Nacional de Protección de Datos Personales ( lit. 'National Directorate for Personal Data Protection'), known as PDP * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) * : There is no dedicated authority. * :

Superintendency of Industry and Commerce The Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) is the Competition regulator in Colombia. It is the statutory body of Government of Colombia The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and leg ...

(SIC) * : Agency for the Protection of Individual's Data ( es, Agencia de Protección de datos de los Habitantes), known as PRODHAB * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : National Civil Registry ( es, Registro Nacional de las Personas) and Institute for the Access to Public Information ( es, Instituto Acceso Informacion Publica) * : No national authority is responsible for data protection. * : Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos (Perú) ( lit. 'Ministry of Justice and Human Rights') * : Personal Data Control and Regulatory Unit. * : No national authority is responsible for data protection.

References

External links

List of national data protection authorities in Europe

International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

Handbook on European data protection law

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